What dialect is the Taiwanese opera sung in?

Taiwanese opera, also known as xiang opera, is a local drama sung in Minnan dialect.

This kind of drama is not only one of the five local operas in Fujian Province, but also has a history of nearly a hundred years. Gezi Opera originated in Taiwan Province Province, which is a combination of Jin songs and car drum opera in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, and developed by absorbing local ballads. Jin Song was originally a folk tune with four sentences each, while Che Gu was a small musical. After the combination of the two, with the spread of immigrants, Taiwanese opera and Chegu opera were introduced into Taiwan Province Province, gradually forming today's Taiwanese opera.

In 2006, Taiwanese opera was listed in the first batch of intangible cultural heritage in China, which showed its profound historical and cultural value.

The musical tunes of Taiwanese opera are very rich, including melodious and high-pitched seven-character tones, major and retrospective tones, absent-minded tones of folk songs used in Taiwan Province Province, and various melancholy and sad crying tones. At first, this form of opera was mainly performed by a man and a woman, and later developed into a mature drama with three lines of life, Dan and ugliness, both scientific, musical and white.

Cultural characteristics

The music of Taiwanese opera is divided into two parts: singing and accompaniment. Its aria belongs to Qupai couplets, which can be composed in the same tone, different tone, different tone and different tone. Generally speaking, singing can be divided into four main tones, such as Qizi, Zazizi, Selling Medicine, Misizi and so on, as well as crying tone, and its accompaniment music can be divided into playing strings, playing cards and gongs and drums.

There are more than 100 kinds of traditional tunes, including melodious seven-character tune, major tune and nostalgic tune, ballad-telling tune with distracting thoughts in Taiwan Province province, and various melancholy and sad crying tunes. In addition, it also absorbed local folk songs and some opera music in Taiwan Province Province as a supplement.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Taiwanese Opera.